Beer-cooler.



PATENTED MAY 2, 1905.

R PINOKEN BEER COOLER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 13. 1904.

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RICHARD FINCKEN, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

BEEP-COOLER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 788,895, dated May 2, 1905.

Application filed Jul 13,1904. $eria1No. 216,851.

To call whom, it natty concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD FINCKEN, acitizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of San Francisco and State of California, have in vented new and useful Imp rovements in Beer-Coolers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in means for cooling beer as it is drawn directly from the keg.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple device which can be readily attached to and detached from any keg in use and which is so adapted to envelop the faucet with a cooling medium that one cold glass of liquor after another may be drawn from the keg, while at the same time the cooler will not interfere in any way with the ordinary operation of the regular faucet.

The invention consists of the parts and the construction and combination of parts, as hereinafter more fully described and claimed, having reference to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of a keg with my invention applied. Fig. 2 is a section on line 1 3 Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a section on line as m, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a detail of a spring hook member.

Arepresents a container for ice, here shown as cylindrical and of a diameter such as to fit snug against the head of the keg 2 and adapted to be removably held thereto by any suitable means. In the present instance I have shown two spring hook members 3 adjustably clamped by means of the nuts 4 in the slotted projections 5 on opposite sides of the cooler and adapted to engage a hoop on the keg. By shifting the position of the members 3 in the slots radially of the container the latter is adapted to kegs of different sizes,and provision is made to offset any tendency to weakness in the springs, since if the springs should get weak they may be moved in nearer the body of the container, which would cause them to grip tighter on the keg. The container is airjacketed, as shown at 6, to prevent the too rapid melting of the ice, which is inserted at the top through an opening having a suitable closure, as the jacketed slide 7.

Preferably a faucet with a long cylindrical body 8, adapted to contain a glass full of liquor, is used, for it is the body portion only of the faucet that is intended to be inclosed by the cooler. The latter has a longitudinally-extending transversely-curved thin bottom partition 9 reentering the ice-chamber and inclosing a space open at each end and just suflicient to accommodate the body of the faucet. In order to slip the cooler over the faucet, an opening is provided in the outer walls of the cooler at or near the bottom, which opening is subsequently closed by means of the hinged jacketed door 10. The cooler is partially supported on the faucet, bringing the latter and the partition 9 into close proximity, so that the faucet and is contents will get the full benefit of the contained cooling medium. In order that the faucet be kept cold, air should be excluded from immediate contact with the body of the faucet as far as possible. Consequently the door 10 is provided with a spring-supported canvas or like covered segmental top 11, which is adapted to press up tight against the under side of the faucet when the door is closed and locked. The diaphragm 9 is perforated, as at 12, so that the water from the melting ice may percolate around the faucet. .Drip around the front end of the faucet is prevented by the ledge 13 on cover 10, the only outlet for the water being at the end next the keg. The faucet is thus kept as cold as though it was in direct contact with the ice. The ice-chamber may be completely drained by means of cook 14:.

The cooler is preferably made in the form here shown, with the bottom of the ice-cham-.

her extended in the direction of the length of the faucet to give the necessary cooling area. The rear wall of the cooler is straight and unjacketed, so as to lie snug against the head of the keg and to allow as much as possible of the cold from the cooler to penetrate to the contents of the keg, while the front of the cooler is inclinechinwardly toward the top or recessed to give plenty of room for the manipulation of the valve of the faucet and because no great quantity of ice is needed in the upper part of the cooler.

This device can be quickly attached to any keg, and every glass of beer drawn therefrom will be "ice-cold. hen the keg is empty, the cooler is instantly detached and can be placed on a fresh keg.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim, and'desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A beer-cooler comprising a container adapted to hold a cooling medium; means for detachably securingit to the head of the keg, said container having a reentrant wall portion partially inclosing a space to accommodate a faucet; ahinged closure for said space, and a spring pressed plate carried by said closure to engage the side of the faucet to exclude air from the latter.

2. A beer-cooler comprising a container adaped to hold a cooling medium and having a straight back portion fitting the head of the keg and means for securing it to the keg, said container having a reentrant perforate bottom partially inclosing a space to accommodate a faucet, and a closure for said space and means carried by said closure to direct the drip away from the valve end of the faucet.

3. A cooler comprising a cylindrical container double-Walled except for a straight back portion fitting the head of the keg, means for removably securing the cooler to the keg, said container having a reentrant bottom to accommodate the body of afaucet and the front Walls of said container inclined backwardly toward the top, a hinged closure for the space beneath said reentrant bottom and a yieldingly-supported plate carried by the closure and adapted to engage the side of the faucet to exclude air from the latter, said plate having its upper surface provided with a packing, substantially as described and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

RICHARD FINCKEN. Witnesses:

S. H. NOURSE, HENRY P. TRIooU. 

